That last drive...

jsneb83 said:
We lost the last game because we passed it on the last drive and people bitched. So today they ran it three times on the last drive and people still bitched.
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You're right. Those two games were exactly the same situation. Exactly.

 
HuskerMav11 said:
HuskerMan said:
I could t watch the game. Someone care to fill me in on what stupid thing he did this time?
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Nothing in particular...we lost and the fans are looking to point the finger...
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That's exactly it. Last week they tried to get fancy instead of playing field position and this week they tried playing safe and playing field position. At some point you have to learn how to make stops if you're going to win close games.

 
Run it three times while it forces them to use up time outs. How does criticism fall on Langsdorf for that?

 
admo said:
Run it three times while it forces them to use up time outs. How does criticism fall on Langsdorf for that?
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Yes, run it three times is the right way to go.

Running it into the middle of the line where you have basically no chance to get a first down is not.

 
admo said:
Run it three times while it forces them to use up time outs. How does criticism fall on Langsdorf for that?
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Because he may as well ran a QB sneak 3 times in a row. No misdirection, no decoys, no creativity in the runs. To quote Jason Peter, "it was garbage".

 
Mavric said:
jsneb83 said:
We lost the last game because we passed it on the last drive and people bitched. So today they ran it three times on the last drive and people still bitched.
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You're right. Those two games were exactly the same situation. Exactly.
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No, but we wanted them to burn their timeouts. If we tried passing on third down and don't get it, people would still b!^@h. They were in a lose-lose situation no matter what they did if they didn't get a first down.
 
jsneb83 said:
Mavric said:
jsneb83 said:
We lost the last game because we passed it on the last drive and people bitched. So today they ran it three times on the last drive and people still bitched.
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You're right. Those two games were exactly the same situation. Exactly.
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No, but we wanted them to burn their timeouts. If we tried passing on third down and don't get it, people would still b!^@h. They were in a lose-lose situation no matter what they did if they didn't get a first down.
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Yes.
But passing the ball and running the ball into the middle of the line were not the only two options available.

Not to mention the HUGE difference between running the clock down to 11 seconds vs. them still having a minute and a half to do something.

 
jsneb83 said:
Mavric said:
jsneb83 said:
We lost the last game because we passed it on the last drive and people bitched. So today they ran it three times on the last drive and people still bitched.
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You're right. Those two games were exactly the same situation. Exactly.
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No, but we wanted them to burn their timeouts. If we tried passing on third down and don't get it, people would still b!^@h. They were in a lose-lose situation no matter what they did if they didn't get a first down.
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No, you simply don't seem to have a clue about situational football. And apparently neither does our coaching staff.

 
I know it isn't really a part of the playbook anymore but I kept waiting for a zone read on that last drive. That or the QB power play that we had been running very successfully all day long

 
If this is an accurate representation of our fan base then we don't deserve the enjoyment of a successful football team.

 
Langsdorf, not sure what the F#$@ he was thinking. Sure, running the ball is the good part, less risk of a turnover. I don't have a problem with the option to run it. My issue, is how we didn't attack the edges, where we had most damage, outside of Jano's 50+ yard run. Hit the edge, misdirection QB keeper... SOMETHING other than JUST up the middle 3 times. I could understand if you spread out wide and spread out the defense.

My positive spin on this game, we lose in a last second field goal, to a team that I thought would have us by two scores. We play WAY to soft when it comes to opponent's final drives.

 
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